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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

GRAFTON — Two Upper Valley homes were destroyed by recent fires, leaving three people injured, including one with severe burns.

THETFORD — A Thetford Academy team took home third place in the University of Vermont’s Vermont Pitch Challenge last Thursday.

By MARION UMPLEBY

THETFORD — On Thursday, April 3, a team of three Thetford Academy students will travel to the University of Vermont to make a pitch for their nonprofit designed to help neurodivergent young people transition to life after high school.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORTH THETFORD — Jean Carlan, who chairs the Bradford (Vt.) Parks and Recreation Commission, has been involved in efforts to build a skate park in town.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In the past, We the People Theatre’s founder Perry Allison hasn’t shied away from musicals with a lot of energy.

THETFORD — Voters at the floor meeting on Saturday passed an article pledging “to join others in working to end support to Israel’s Apartheid system, settler colonialism, and military occupation.”

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHELSEA — A 2017 graduate of Hanover High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a Thetford woman.

Articles of note: An article on the town warning asks whether voters will pledge “to join others in working to end support to Israel’s Apartheid system, settler colonialism, and military occupation.”

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

THETFORD — Selectboard member Li Shen was among those who voted for the town to accept the donation of the Timothy Frost Methodist Church in October 2018.

By LYLA METHENY

THETFORD — On Route 113, a short drive from the Interstate 91 North exit, lies the pride and joy of the late Elmer C. Brown.Over the years, the plant nursery and garden center that Brown started in 1967 has grown into an important part of the Upper...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

THETFORD — The vibrant yellow and green front door on the otherwise quintessential New England white church in North Thetford is the first sign that the space is not exactly what it seems.The new paint job reflects a recent change of ownership of the...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LYME — By 11:45 a.m. on Friday, about a dozen cars, one motorcycle and a bicyclist were lined up on both sides of the Lyme-Thetford bridge to cross as it opened at noon.About a dozen Thetford and Lyme residents were on hand to celebrate the reopening...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

THETFORD — The Selectboard approved a proposal to hire a part-time social services coordinator to help Thetford residents connect with resources.The plan calls for contracting with the Bugbee Senior Center in White River Junction, where Mona Elliott...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH THETFORD — Town clerks in small towns are often in the best position to know who may be struggling a bit because they see just about all the residents for one reason or another.Emily Hood certainly knew who had fallen on hard times as Thetford’s...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

THETFORD — Two long-term infrastructure projects in Orange and Grafton counties are set to wrap up next month, to the relief of area residents and business owners.After more than 18 months and $9.4 million in construction costs, the bridge over the...

By JOSEPH DEFFNER

THETFORD — Despite a terminal cancer diagnosis, Scott Chapman was determined to do what he loved doing — anything related to track and field.So when his former coaching colleague at Thetford Academy, Emily Silver, visited him in the ICU at Dartmouth...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

THETFORD — When it comes to top programs among Upper Valley sports teams, few schools can boast better success than Thetford Academy’s track and field, which this year won its fifth straight VPA Division III boys state championship and its 12th since...

By ALEX HANSON

THETFORD — At Smith College in the 1950s, Gillian Lewis majored in visual art and minored in theater. Those studies presaged the direction her life would take after she moved to Thetford in 1960.Art was major, at least at first, as she made woodcuts...